What follows is a list of experts for our most-requested topics from media representatives.

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THE ENVIRONMENT

BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS
Dr. Thomas Darvill
Professor and Chair of Psychology
Director of the Oswego Children's Study
Recipient of grants from National Science Foundation, U.S.
Great Lakes Research Consortium, Great Lakes Protection
Fund, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Ph.D., University of Hawaii
Interviewed for National Public Radio's "Living on Earth"
series, CBS' "The Nature of Things," British Broadcasting
Corp., the Mirror News in London and Associated Press
312-3473, 312-4013, Fax: 312-6274
e-mail: darvill@oswego.edu

EFFECTS OF TOXIC HEAVY METALS ON RED BLOOD CELLS
Dr. Webe Kadima
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
312-2746 (342-7890), Fax: 312-5424
e-mail: kadima@oswego.edu

GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
James J. Pagano
Director, Environmental Research Center
312-2810, Fax: 312-5346
e-mail: pagano@oswego.edu
Dr. Peter A. Rosenbaum
Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Tulane University
312-3031, 312-2775, Fax: 312-3059
e-mail: par@oswego.edu

MEDIA

BROADCAST REGULATION, TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Fritz J. Messere
Interim Dean of Communications, Media and the Arts, Professor of Communication Studies
Convenor of the Annenberg Washington Program Summer
Faculty Workshop on Communications Policy, 1987-96;
Faculty Fellow of the Annenberg Washington Program,
1993-96
Author of Communications Policy: A Selected Bibliography, 1991
Co-author of Introduction to the Internet for Electronic
Media, 1996; Broadcasting, Cable, the Internet and
Beyond (4th edition), 2000; Pro/Con Media: A Reader, 2002
Contributor to Annenberg Washington Program Electronic
Library
M.S., SUNY Oswego
Quoted in Dow Jones News Service, Crain's Electronic
Media, CBS News MarketWatch, Wired.com, C-Net News,
Predicasts, Florida Times-Union, Houston Chronicle, Dallas
Business Journal, Icon, USA Today, The Congressional
Record, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun
312-2357, 312-3521 (342-3174), Fax: 312-5658
e-mail: messere@oswego.edu
Web site: www.oswego.edu/~messere

CHILDREN AND TELEVISION, WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN THE MEDIA
Tina Pieraccini
Professor of Communication Studies
M.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Author of Color Television: Fifty Years of African American and Latino Images
in Prime Time Television and You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Quoted in the Associated Press, ABCNews.com, Chicago Tribune,
Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Detroit News,
Washington Times, Hartford Courant, Dallas Morning
News, Crain's Electronic Media, Cleveland Plain Dealer,
USA Today, Baltimore Sun, Pregnancy magazine
312-2357, 312-3523 (343-0202), Fax: 312-5658
e-mail: pieracci@oswego.edu

MEDIA: MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAMMING ISSUES, FCC RULINGS' IMPACTS ON OWNERSHP ISSUES
Jerry Condra
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
M.S., Friends University
More than 40 years as radio and television station manager
and news director; built and operated two television stations
Quoted in The New York Times, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
HDTV Magazine, Syracuse Post-Standard, St. Joseph
News-Press and various electronic media
312-3521 (342-9680), Fax: 312-5658
e-mail: condra@oswego.edu
Web site: www.oswego.edu/~condra

SEXISM IN ADVERTISING/GENDER ISSUES
Dr. Mary Frances Stuck
Assistant Dean of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Sociology
Author of Adolescent Worlds, 1990
Editor of Structures and Processes of Inequality, 1997, 2000;
Issues in Diversity: Voices of the Silenced, 1990
Manuscript reviewer for Gender & Society
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Working Woman,
Netguide, The Woman's Guide to Online Services, Net Byte
Interviewed on KDKA radio (Pittsburgh) and by Wireless
Flash script service
312-2156, Fax: 312-3577
e-mail: stuck@oswego.edu

POLITICS

POLITICS OF THE INTERNET
Dr. Craig Warkentin
Associate Professor of Political Science
Author of Reshaping World Politics, 2001
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
312-4080 (720-1930)
e-mail: warkenti@oswego.edu
Web site: www.oswego.edu/~warkentin/

POLLS, POLITICAL ISSUES, U.S. ELECTIONS
Dr. Bruce Altschuler
Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., City University of New York
Author of Running in Place: A Campaign Journal, 1996;
Keeping a Finger on the Public Pulse: Private Polling and
Presidential Elections, 1982; and LBJ and the Polls, 1990
Co-author of Understanding Law in a Changing Society,
1991, 1995
Quoted on National Public Radio and Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation; in Bloomberg News, Gannett News Service, San
Antonio Express-News, Albany Times-Union, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Buffalo News, Liberation (France)
Research grants from the Gerald R. Ford Foundation and the
Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation; grant reviewer for
the National Endowment for the Humanities
312-2350, 312-3451 (342-2408), Fax: 312-5350
e-mail: altschul@oswego.edu

RACE RELATIONS

MINORITIES IN THE MEDIA
Tina Pieraccini
Professor of Communication Studies
M.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Author of Color Television: Fifty Years of African American and Latino Images
in Prime Time Television and You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Quoted in the Associated Press, ABCNews.com, Chicago Tribune,
Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Detroit News,
Washington Times, Hartford Courant, Dallas Morning
News, Crain's Electronic Media, Cleveland Plain Dealer,
USA Today, Baltimore Sun, Pregnancy magazine
312-2357, 312-3523 (343-0202), Fax: 312-5658
e-mail: pieracci@oswego.edu

MINORITIES AND SCIENCE
Dr. Alok Kumar
Professor of Physics
Co-editor of Science in the Medieval World, 1991 and 1996
Past-president and executive council member, American
Chapter of the Indian Physics Association
Recipient of grants from National Science Foundation;
Alexander Humboldt Fellow of the Federal Republic of
Germany, 1985-86; NASA/NOVA Fellow, 2001-02
Ph.D., Kanpur University, India
Quoted in The Scientist, Family Life and India Abroad
312-2695, Fax: 312-5424
e-mail: kumar@oswego.edu

RACISM
Howard Gordon
Executive Assistant to the President
Author of The African in Me and stories collected in Children
of the Night: Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the
Present; Rites of Passage; and Street-lights: Illuminating
Tales of the Urban Black Experience
M.A., SUNY Oswego
312-2212, 312-2213, Fax: 312-5432
e-mail: gordon@oswego.edu

TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

BROADCAST REGULATION, IMPACT ON LOCAL OWNERSHIP
Jerry Condra
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
M.S., Friends University
More than 40 years as radio and television station manager
and news director; built and operated two television stations
Quoted in The New York Times, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
HDTV Magazine, Syracuse Post-Standard, St. Joseph
News-Press and various electronic media
312-3521 (342-9680), Fax: 312-5658
e-mail: condra@oswego.edu
Web site: www.oswego.edu/~condra

BROADCAST REGULATION, TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Fritz J. Messere
Interim Dean of Communication, Media and the Arts,
Professor of Communication Studies
Convenor of the Annenberg Washington Program Summer
Faculty Workshop on Communications Policy, 1987-96;
Faculty Fellow of the Annenberg Washington Program,
1993-96
Author of Communications Policy: A Selected Bibliography, 1991
Co-author of Introduction to the Internet for Electronic
Media, 1996; Broadcasting, Cable, the Internet and
Beyond (4th edition), 2000; Pro/Con Media: A Reader, 2002
Contributor to Annenberg Washington Program Electronic
Library
M.S., SUNY Oswego
Quoted in Dow Jones News Service, Crain's Electronic
Media, CBS News MarketWatch, Wired.com, C-Net News,
Predicasts, Florida Times-Union, Houston Chronicle, Dallas
Business Journal, Icon, USA Today, The Congressional
Record, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun
312-2357, 312-3521 (342-3174), Fax: 312-5658
e-mail: messere@oswego.edu
Web site: www.oswego.edu/~messere

ELECTRONIC PRIVACY IN THE WORKPLACE
Dr. Steven E. Abraham, J.D.
Professor of Marketing and Management
J.D., New York University School of Law; Ph.D., University
of Wisconsin-Madison
Quoted in USA Today, Bloomberg News, Entrepreneur
Magazine, WRVO-FM, WSYR-AM, HR Magazine,
Investor's Business Daily, Recovery Advisor, Human
Resource Executive
312-3307 (343-5858)
e-mail: abraham@oswego.edu

HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACE
Dr. Gary Klatsky
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo
Quoted in Parenting, Hartford Courant
312-3474, 312-4013, Fax: 312-6330
e-mail: klatsky@oswego.edu

SOCIAL ASPECTS OF NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Dr. Linda Rae Markert
Dean of Education
Author of Contemporary Technology: Innovations, Issues
and Perspectives, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2003
Certified Senior Industrial Technologist with the National
Association of Industrial Technology; Visiting Scholar in
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Science, Technology
and Society Program, 1991; Attended Institute for
Management and Leadership in Education at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education, 2000
Ed.D., University of the Pacific
Quoted in Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant
312-2102, Fax: 312-5407
e-mail: markert@oswego.edu

GENDER ISSUES AND TECHNOLOGY
Dr. Linda Rae Markert
Dean of Education
Author of Contemporary Technology: Innovations, Issues
and Perspectives, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2003
Certified Senior Industrial Technologist with the National
Association of Industrial Technology; Visiting Scholar in
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Science, Technology
and Society Program, 1991; Attended Institute for
Management and Leadership in Education at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education, 2000
Ed.D., University of the Pacific
Quoted in Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant
312-2102, Fax: 312-5407
e-mail: markert@oswego.edu
Dr. Mary Frances Stuck
Assistant Dean of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Sociology
Author of Adolescent Worlds, 1990
Editor of Structures and Processes of Inequality, 1997, 2000;
Issues in Diversity: Voices of the Silenced, 1990
Manuscript reviewer for Gender & Society
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Working Woman,
Netguide, The Woman's Guide to Online Services, Net Byte
Interviewed on KDKA radio (Pittsburgh) and by Wireless
Flash script service
312-2156, Fax: 312-3577
e-mail: stuck@oswego.edu

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

RESEARCH PARKS, BUSINESS INCUBATION, NEW "SILICON VALLEYS"
Dr. Sarfraz Mian
Professor of Management
Ph.D., George Washington University
Quoted in Ottawa Citizen, The Research Park Forum
312-3154, 312-2272 (343-0178)
e-mail: mian@oswego.edu